In the battle hall of the New First Regiment Headquarters, more than thirty battalion commanders including the New First Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment gathered together.
The battalion commanders who knew each other were greeting each other loudly, hugging each other enthusiastically, grabbing each other's hands and shaking them vigorously.
Although they all belong to the Northwestern Shanxi Military Region, each battalion is stationed in a different location, making it rare to see them in normal times.
This time, Li Yunlong launched a battle that brought together almost all the main battalion commanders in northwestern Shanxi.
Among the infantry battalion commanders present, the infantry battalion with the smallest strength had more than a thousand men.
In other words, the first division launched by Li Yunlong this time used more than 30 regiments.
Moreover, these 30-plus regiments are the 30-plus regiments of the Eighth Route Army that have the best equipment, the strongest combat effectiveness, and the most adequate logistical supplies.
In the combat hall, a huge map has been posted on the wall to the north of the hall, almost occupying the entire wall. This is a map that covers the entire Shanxi Province.
The red color on this map represents occupied areas, and the white color represents unconquered areas.
Judging from the map, the Eighth Route Army has the largest territory, followed by the Japanese Army, and finally the Shanxi-Sui Army.
A huge red arrow extends from Datong to northwest Shanxi. There are many small blue arrows on both sides of the red arrow.
Wang Huaibao, commander of the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment, stared at the arrows on the map on the wall with thoughtful eyes and murmured to himself: "Could it be that our target this time is the Japanese 26th Division?"
In the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle, the main forces of the three regiments gathered together. Such a big scene is rare.
"Probably not!" Shen Quan, commander of the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment, shook his head, "If only the 26th Division dares to come to northwest Shanxi, the New Regiment can easily solve it, and our Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment will be used together?"
"Is it because the troops stationed in Mongolia are going south to attack our base in northwestern Shanxi?" An infantry battalion commander of the New Second Regiment also participated in the discussion.
"Don't even guess." Guan Dashan, commander of the first battalion of the Independent Regiment, said with his arms folded, "Our target this time must be the Japanese First Division."
When Guan Dashan reminded him, Wang Huaibao and Shen Quan showed expressions of sudden realization on their faces.
About half a month ago, the New Regiment completely wiped out the Japanese First Infantry Regiment 50 kilometers east of Gaoyang County on the Pingsui Railway.
Doesn't this mean that the First Division is coming to northwest Shanxi?
"handy!"
"Finally I can have a big fight. This period of time has been really frustrating for me."
"This First Division is known as the elite of the Japanese Army's Class A divisions."
"What a fool's elite, what we are doing is his fool's elite."
As soon as Guan Dashan said these words, all the battalion commanders immediately became excited, eager to try, with ruthless expressions on their eyes. Not a single battalion commander showed any timid look.
To be the Eighth Route Army battalion commander in northwestern Shanxi is definitely a ruthless character.
The last sentence was said by Wei Dayong. Strong generals like Wei Dayong and Lu Yingjun are the ceiling among ruthless characters.
"salute!"
At this moment, the guard's voice sounded outside the door.
The battalion commanders looked towards the door and saw Li Yunlong striding in from the door, followed by Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo.
"stand up!"
"salute!"
Zhang Dabiao roared twice, and all the battalion commanders stood up and saluted Li Yunlong and others.
The battalion commanders looked at Li Yunlong with determination and heat in their eyes.
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and the others gave a military salute in return, and then everyone sat down.
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Li Yunlong glanced at all the battalion commanders and said, "I believe everyone has guessed that I have summoned you here today. If there is nothing else, we are going to kill that bastard of the First Division."
As soon as these words came out, all the battalion commanders were slightly commotion.
As expected, this time the target of the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army was the Japanese First Division.
This First Division is not a good one. It is the number one division in the Japanese army. It has extremely luxurious equipment and very powerful combat effectiveness.
The current First Division has just been strengthened and is the main force that the Japanese base camp is preparing to use to deal with the Soviet army.
Next, Li Yunlong introduced the situation of the First Division.
However, the intelligence has been updated. One of the Japanese heavy artillery regiments has remained in Peiping, and two infantry regiments directly under the North China Front have been added to the First Division.
Compared with the previous First Division, there is one less heavy artillery regiment, but one more infantry regiment. Overall, the combat effectiveness has been weakened.
After introducing the situation of the First Division, Li Yunlong analyzed the current battle situation. Once the First Division is allowed to gain a foothold in northwest Shanxi, the situation will be greatly unfavorable to the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi must take the initiative and strike first while the First Division is not yet firmly established.
Li Yunlong then explained the conditions for the victory of the Eighth Route Army.
Immediately afterwards, deputy leader Xing Zhiguo conducted in-depth political mobilization, focusing on explaining why this war was fought and how to fight it well.
And determined the specific deployment of troops, that is, the tactic of closing the door and beating the dog.
Generally speaking, a huge pocket formation was set up on the road from Datong to northwest Shanxi, and the Japanese from the First Division were put in to encircle and annihilate them.
It is now the depth of winter, and the weather in northwest Shanxi is extremely cold. It snows one after another, and the earth is covered with a thick quilt.
In order for this super-large ambush to be successful, Boss Chen also provided more than 50,000 sets of white robes to ensure that the soldiers could be better concealed.
Hearing that Li Yunlong was going to negotiate a big business, Boss Chen personally made a trip from the base to Dagu Town to discuss cooperation matters with Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
The price of this transaction is very generous.
After all, this was the number one division in the Japanese army, and it was a Category A division. Boss Chen was very happy to give the price.
As long as they can win the battle, all three regiments can make a lot of money.
Each battalion has clearly defined its combat mission.
Zhao Gang made the final emphasis on pre-war mobilization: "The Chinese nation is experiencing a huge test! We Communists should take on, and we will definitely be able to take on, the important task of saving the country and the people!"
Chapter completed!